SHIPPING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 199, 26 August 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF POVERTY BAY. ARRIVALS. AUGUST. 23 —Prince Rupert, schooner, Bencke, master, from Auckland, with 40 tons coal, 70 casks and 12 tanks malt, 74 bags barley, 1 boiler, 2,000 bricks, and a quantity of brewery plant, Whitson and Co. THE"Effie Meikle put back yesterday being unable to do anything in the teeth of the gale blowing outside. Auckland, August 15. The steamer Cyphrenes arrived this morning, from Kandavau, to await the arrival of the Tartar, and convey the inward mails to Sydney. The Mikado arrived at Kandavau on the Bth, and left for Frisco on the 10th inst.

The following is a summary of Fiji news brought by the Cyphrenes : — The Dido returned to Fijis from Wallis Island, and reports a vessel ashore there. A French warship, the L. P. Hermitt, 1,200 tons, with a complement of 150 men, went ashore on a reef while under steam. The crew, except two, who were drowned, landed safely. A German barque from San Francisco has been secured to take the crew to New Caledonia. The captain demanded 20,000 francs, but ultimately agreed to leave the price to the owners of the vessel.

The Challenger proceeded to Kandavau with Consul Layard, to survey the harbor there, and then goes on to other parts of the Fiji group. bailed —Kate M‘Gregor, for Napier. Sydney. Serious complications have arisen respecting the Californian mail service, Hall having left for America per Mikado. The Tartar has been ordered hence to China on her arrival, and the owners of the Cv phrenes have sent instructions here for her commander. The A.S.N. Co., will not charter a steamer for a single trip unless they have the balance of the temporary contract. Under these circumstances the Government will be compelled to take the matter into its own hands, and intends to carry on the line despite present prospects. The ship Rouparelle from Auckland for .Newcastle was seen off the coast dismasted. A steamer was sent in search of her.